Aldridge the best man to step into manager’s shoes

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MOST people will think that no sooner had Mick McCarthy stepped out of the revolving doors at the headquarters of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), then Roy Keane would step in. I’m not convinced. I think that Keane will probably play for Ireland again, but the honeymoon will be short-lived.

Keane’s status in Ireland has long meant that he is bigger than any Ireland manager. In his autobiography, he says: “Mick has two years left of his contract and obviously I will never play for him again. In two years, if some chairman is daft enough to give him